The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor

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Сторінка BRITISH POETS, from Mit.ton to Kirrr White, Cabinet Edition, comprising, in a very
small hut remarkably clear type, as much matter as the sixty volumes of
Johnson's Poets. Complete in 4 Vois., with Frontispieces. 14*. CARY'S
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Сторінка 23 It might be matter of curious discussion to inquire what the Anglo-Saxon
government would in process of time have become, and of course the
government of England be at the present time, if the event of the conquest had
never taken place ...

Сторінка 49 ... convulsion, the dethronement of James proved a matter of short and easy
operation. Tn consequence of the progressive * The English nation seem to have
become mentally drunk when it was announced that Charles II. should be
restored.

Сторінка 51 ... the will of the prince holds the place of law ; and custom has so confounded the matter of right with the matter of fact, that their lawyers * Bolingbroke, referring to
the succession of the house of Hanover, observed, with his usual shrewdness, ...

Сторінка 57 If, after being considered, the matter is found to deserve attention, the person who
made the proposition, usually with some others adjoined to him, is desired to set
it down in writing. If, after more complete discussions on the subject, the ...

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Сторінка 76 - Will you to the utmost of your " power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the " gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established " by the law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.

Сторінка 353 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.

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Сторінка 21 - Opera), the best farce (the Critic — it is only too good for a farce), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best Oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.

Сторінка 356 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.

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